Sea Dragon Leviathan.

　It was one of the legendary demonic beasts of the sea.
　It was said to have manipulated the sea, dropped lightning and sunk a number of battleships with its massive body.
　However, its sightings were extremely rare.
　This is because anyone who encounters the Leviathan will die.
　Hence, it has also been called the Grim Reaper of the Sea.

　But I know about the Sea Dragon Leviathan.

　I'm sure you'll be able to find a way to make it work.
　I'm not going to be the only one.
　I was supposed to have defeated the Sea Reaper.

"Sea Dragon Leviathan!

I've only heard of it in lore!

　Sarasa and Cecil were surprised when they followed me.
　Hearing the name of the legend, the two of them are stunned.
　It seems that the name of the Sea God of Death has been passed down even after 300 years.

''That's not true........ Such a legendary demonic beast.''

You're right, we should run...

　The two who had elatedly declared earlier that they would follow me were completely put off.

　Well, it can't be helped.
　The other party is the sea god of death.
　It's not hard to understand why they want to run away.

　But I mutter.

''No........''

'What?　What's going on here, Lacelle?

What's the difference?

It wasn't The Leviathan.

No, you said that, didn't you?

　Cecil plunges in.

　I put my hand on my chin and stare at Leviathan, who sits in front of me.
　It's still different.
　The one in front of me now is not the Leviathan I once met.

'Look!　The Leviathan's body skin...

Body skin?

　The skin of the Leviathan I knew was as smooth as the skin of a fish, rather than dragon scales.
　But the skin of the Leviathan in front of me now was different.
　It was as hard and lumpy as a sturdy rock.

　Had it evolved over the past three hundred years?
　No, it's strange that Leviathan is alive in the first place.
　That was a single demonic beast, and it should have no other companions.

　There's one possibility.

Someone revived Leviathan and evolved it further. Maybe someone revived Leviathan and made it evolve further.

How could anyone do that?

That's Mr. Racel.

　Apparently, Sarasa has noticed.
　That's right.
　It's similar.

　In the sense that it is similar to the one who created the Majojin in terms of guiding living things to a special evolution.

　It's difficult to determine the same culprit.
　But it might give us some clues.

'Cecil!　Salasa!

'Yes!'

　At the sound of my voice, they both straighten up at the same time.

'Sorry, can you help me with this?'

Lacelle...

Can I help you?

No?

No, not really, but...

That's true. I'm just surprised it's so rare.

Normally, if you say, 'They're mine,' you wouldn't let them get away with it, would you?

'Well, yes. But this time I'm going to let you have some extra help.

I'm just asking for your help in that regard.

But I'm glad. We have your help, Lacelle, and you're counting on us.

Yeah. Well, you're right. Let me help you. --So, what do you want me to do?

Buy me some time, please.

Stalling for time. So you want me to keep Leviathan at bay while you buy more time?

　I nodded.

　As expected of me, I have to get serious against Leviathan.
　Especially if he is more advanced than the Leviathan I know.

　And it wouldn't work in the long run.
　If the Leviathan rampaged any longer, the undersea labyrinth would surely be destroyed.
　Before that, the Leviathan had to be defeated at all costs.
　If possible, defeating the Leviathan with a single blow would be preferable.

　In order to do so, we need to formulate the necessary magic power.

　The Leviathan must be defeated by the high-powered magical power.

(However, if we use our new weapon(s)(s), we can't create them.......

　But we can't just unveil it here.
　We don't know where the enemy's eyes are.
　They may have hit me with a Leviathan and are measuring its strength somewhere.

　If that's the case, we can't afford to show them our cards now.

'How many beats do you want me to hold up?

We'll take ten beats.

Okay. I'll do it. Salatha, cover me, will you?

Yeah. Good luck, Cecil.

　Cecil and Sarasa kept their fists together with each other.

　They turned their bodies to Leviathan.

'Wait...you two...'

　I grabbed Cecil and Sarasa's hands.

　Activate the magic.

[Physical Activity]
[Muscle mass strengthening]
[Agility increases]
[Leg strength rising]
[Body steeling]
[Defense]
[Granting magic increases]
[Shock resistance]
[Core strengthening]
[recovering on time]

　A quick tenfold activation.
　Focusing on defense, the two of them strengthened their bodies.

　If I put this much on, well, 10 beats or so should be no problem.
　And if I let them help and something happens to Cecil and Sarasa, it won't be fancy.

　Then I noticed that both of their body temperatures were rising rapidly.

　What is it?
　Are you both nervous?

What's going on, boys?　Are you still worried?　Strangely, though, your heartbeat is strangely high.

Babe, babe, babe, babe, it's nothing. I'm fine.

Yeah, yeah. I'm just surprised.

Are you surprised?

　What's the surprise?
　Is it the double activation thing?
　It's not really a surprise to me.
　I use it a lot on a regular basis.

"Can we go?

　I let go of my hand.

　Cecil and Sarasa stared at my hand as it moved away, as if they were missing something.

　Eventually, they looked at each other and checked their respective gains.

'It's okay, Lacelle.'

Yeah. Because of what you did for me, Racel.

Yeah?

　Both Cecil and Sarasa had big smiles on their faces.
　Was my enhancement magic that reassuring?
　Well, it's good.
　It's good to be motivated.

　Cecil and Sarasa turned to Leviathan, who was sitting in the back.

'It's been a long time since we've had a fight like this.

'Yes. There's always Rowan and Sheila here or something.

Sarasa, I'm burning up.

I'm gonna...

I wouldn't say anything about stalling.

Yes.

'Let's end this in 10 beats!

　Cecil readied his sword and Sarasa readied her bow.

　Good grief.........
　It's good that you're willing to do it, but that's my prey.